
Violent bubble collapse during ultrasonic cavitation causes extreme local temperatures, heating/cooling rates, and pressures, giving rise to many sonochemical processes, including transesterification (for biodiesel production), pollutant degradation, sterilization & pasteurization, crude oil desulfurization, etc. ISM offers high-amplitude ultrasonic processors to carry out sonochemical processes on any scale.
Overview
Liquids exposed to high-intensity ultrasound can undergo acoustic cavitation. This phenomenon is typically seen as a cloud of bubbles forming in the vicinity of the ultrasonic source (e.g., ultrasonic horn) and heard as an intense hissing noise. Cavitation is the formation of low-pressure voids (a.k.a., vacuum bubbles or cavities) in the liquid, which grow, briefly oscillate and then asymmetrically implode with great intensity. Violent bubble collapse during cavitation causes extreme local temperatures (up to ~ 5,000 oC), heating/cooling rates (up to ~ 10 billion oC/sec) and pressures (up to ~ 1,000 atm), producing free radicals and giving rise to many sonochemical processes, such as transesterification (for biodiesel production), pollutant degradation, sterilization & pasteurization, crude oil desulfurization, some of which are described in the Case Studies and Application Reports, provided below.
Industrial Sonomechanics offers laboratory, bench, and industrial-scale, high-amplitude ultrasonic processors, suitable for a large variety of sonochemical applications. The processors are based on our patented Barbell Horn® Ultrasonic Technology (BHUT), which makes it possible to maintain extremely high ultrasonic amplitudes at any scale of operation and, therefore, tremendously intensify sonochemical processes while making it possible to directly implement laboratory accomplishments in a production environment
Industrial Sonomechanics offers laboratory, bench, and industrial-scale, high-amplitude ultrasonic processors, suitable for a large variety of sonochemical applications. The processors are based on our patented Barbell Horn® Ultrasonic Technology (BHUT), which makes it possible to maintain extremely high ultrasonic amplitudes at any scale of operation and, therefore, tremendously intensify sonochemical processes while making it possible to directly implement laboratory accomplishments in a production environment
Case Studies & Application Reports
Biodiesel Production
Microalgal Oil Extraction and Transesterification
Beverage Sterilization/Pasteurization
Crude Oil Desulfurization
Blog Posts
04/10/16
Acoustic Cavitation: Visual Examples of Chemical & Physical Processes
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01/02/16
Acoustic Cavitation: The Driving Force Behind Ultrasonic Processing
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12/01/15
6 Frequently Used Terms in Ultrasonic Processing of Liquids
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Guy Chiattello, Performance Biolubes
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